acicalar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَقَلَ (ṣaqala).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aθikaˈlaɾ/ [a.θi.kaˈlaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /asikaˈlaɾ/ [a.si.kaˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ci‧ca‧lar

Verb

acicalar (first-person singular present acicalo, first-person singular preterite acicalé, past participle acicalado)

  1. (transitive) to groom
  2. (transitive) to polish, to preen
  3. (reflexive) to smarten oneself up, to preen oneself, to spruce up oneself

Conjugation
    Conjugation of acicalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive acicalar
gerund acicalando
past participle masculine feminine
singular acicalado acicalada
plural acicalados acicaladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present acicalo acicalastú
acicalásvos		 acicala acicalamos acicaláis acicalan
imperfect acicalaba acicalabas acicalaba acicalábamos acicalabais acicalaban
preterite acicalé acicalaste acicaló acicalamos acicalasteis acicalaron
future acicalaré acicalarás acicalará acicalaremos acicalaréis acicalarán
conditional acicalaría acicalarías acicalaría acicalaríamos acicalaríais acicalarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present acicale acicalestú
acicalésvos2		 acicale acicalemos acicaléis acicalen
imperfect
(ra)		 acicalara acicalaras acicalara acicaláramos acicalarais acicalaran
imperfect
(se)		 acicalase acicalases acicalase acicalásemos acicalaseis acicalasen
future1 acicalare acicalares acicalare acicaláremos acicalareis acicalaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative acicalatú
acicalávos		 acicale acicalemos acicalad acicalen
negative no acicales no acicale no acicalemos no acicaléis no acicalen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acicalar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive acicalar
dative acicalarme acicalarte acicalarle, acicalarse acicalarnos acicalaros acicalarles, acicalarse
accusative acicalarme acicalarte acicalarlo, acicalarla, acicalarse acicalarnos acicalaros acicalarlos, acicalarlas, acicalarse
with gerund acicalando
dative acicalándome acicalándote acicalándole, acicalándose acicalándonos acicalándoos acicalándoles, acicalándose
accusative acicalándome acicalándote acicalándolo, acicalándola, acicalándose acicalándonos acicalándoos acicalándolos, acicalándolas, acicalándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acicala
dative acicálame acicálate acicálale acicálanos not used acicálales
accusative acicálame acicálate acicálalo, acicálala acicálanos not used acicálalos, acicálalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acicalá
dative acicalame acicalate acicalale acicalanos not used acicalales
accusative acicalame acicalate acicalalo, acicalala acicalanos not used acicalalos, acicalalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acicale
dative acicáleme not used acicálele, acicálese acicálenos not used acicáleles
accusative acicáleme not used acicálelo, acicálela, acicálese acicálenos not used acicálelos, acicálelas
with first-person plural imperative acicalemos
dative not used acicalémoste acicalémosle acicalémonos acicalémoos acicalémosles
accusative not used acicalémoste acicalémoslo, acicalémosla acicalémonos acicalémoos acicalémoslos, acicalémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acicalad
dative acicaladme not used acicaladle acicaladnos acicalaos acicaladles
accusative acicaladme not used acicaladlo, acicaladla acicaladnos acicalaos acicaladlos, acicaladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acicalen
dative acicálenme not used acicálenle acicálennos not used acicálenles, acicálense
accusative acicálenme not used acicálenlo, acicálenla acicálennos not used acicálenlos, acicálenlas, acicálense

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